Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150101637

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150101637

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Plasmonic nanofocusing for super-resolution DNA imaging. Plasmonics (waves in a metal's electrons) can focus light to extreme concentrations that enable imaging techniques to resolve features well beyond the optical barrier known as the diffraction limit. This project aims to develop a routine methodology capable of extracting precise information from single DNA molecules by incorporating plasmonic components into a lab-on-a-chip device for use under conventional optical microscopes. The configuration would have the convenience and technological maturity associated with microscopes whilst being able to capture details of biomolecules with unprecedented detail. New DNA analyses will be made possible by the platform, such as studying the genomic diversity within a population of tumour cells.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $345,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nanophotonics | Nanotechnology | Nanobiotechnology | Nanofabrication, Growth and Self Assembly

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Nanobiotechnology | Nanofabrication, Growth and Self Assembly | Nanophotonics | Nanotechnology

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